Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. Oil giant, Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on Sunday admitted that its financial strain may affect the sustainability of petrol supply. Its admittance came on the heels of reports that it is indebted to suppliers to the tune of about $6 billion.
2. Nigeria and China will open high-level economic discussions today in Beijing. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who is leading the Nigerian delegation, arrived on Sunday morning to the warm embrace of his hosts.
3. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen Christopher Musa and Service chiefs got a marching order on Sunday from the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle to relocate to Sokoto State over the spate of terrorist attacks in the state and the Northwest. They are to supervise operations from the state and eliminate the threats of banditry, kidnapping and terrorism.
4. A leading traditional ruler in Rivers State, Eze Ohna Sergeant Chidi Awuse, has faulted Governor Siminialayi Fubara’s action when he removed him as chairman of the Traditional Rulers’ Council. Eze Awuse decried the aspersions cast on him by the governor, who described him as “unsteady” at a time he was battling for his life, lying in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the hospital.
5. The trial of #EndBadGovernance protesters will begin in Abuja, Kano, Kaduna and Borno today, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Intelligence, Dasuki Galadanchi, has disclosed. The DIG disclosed this at the just-ended Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
6. The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed that two people are missing after a passenger boat capsized in the Zindiwa River, located in Gamawa Local Government Area of Bauchi State. Three passengers were rescued following the incident, which occurred last Saturday morning.
7. There are indications that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery is set to roll out the sale of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol. This is coming a few days after the 650,000-capacity refinery engaged in a test-run of the product.
8. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has disclosed that 21 candidates with fake IJMB results were recommended for 2023 admissions by various institutions. JAMB, in a policy document obtained by our correspondent in Abuja, noted that 12 out of the 21 candidates were recommended by the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
9. Two brothers in their early 20s abducted and raped a 14-year-old girl in Erima community in the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Areas of Rivers State, on Saturday. It was gathered that the girl was walking along a lonely path in the community to her uncle’s house when one of the hoodlums identified as ‘Honest’, in connivance with his other sibling, Mr Okwukwe, swooped on her.
10. The dynamic duo, Radicals, comprising Fairme David and Michkey, has been evicted from the Big Brother Naija ‘No Loose Guard’ season. The eviction followed a tense nomination process, where four pairs were put up for possible eviction by their fellow housemates.
